Bushville wins! : the wild saga of the 1957 Milwaukee Braves and the screwballs, sluggers, and beer swiggers who canned the New York Yankees and changed baseball /

"From 1949-1958, the New York Yankees won the World Series seven times. And in 1957, the last team anybody would have thought of to challenge New York City's baseball supremacy would have been Milwaukee. But who better to beat the Yankees than the Midwest guys at the corner bar? The Braves...

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Huvudupphovsman: Klima, John, 1974-
Materialtyp: Bok
Språk:English
Publicerad: New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2012.
Upplaga:1st ed.
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